Changes to work visas considered

This article was written by Bill Heaney and published by The Taipei Times on June 17, 2003.

According to officials at the policy-making Council for Economic Planning and Development (CEPD), the ROC government is willing to consider changing the two-year work experience requirement for foreigners doing white-collar jobs. For years, the American and European chambers of commerce have complained that the rules prevent them from hiring and training interns from overseas. Now the government is hoping foreign interns will become ambassadors for the nation.